| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | And The Cradle Will Rock... | ▲ |  |
| Van Halen |
| 2 | 2 | It's Still Rock And Roll To Me | 1 | 1 | |
| Billy Joel |
| 7 | 3 | Against The Wind | 1 | 2 | |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
| 8 | 4 | Misunderstanding | 1 | 3 | |
| Genesis |
| 4 | 5 | Alabama Getaway | 2 | |
| Grateful Dead |
| 5 | 6 | All Night Long | 3 | 11 | |
| Joe Walsh |
| 1 | 7 | Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) | 1 | 1 | |
| Paul McCartney & Wings |
| 6 | 8 | Rough Boys | 1 | |
| Pete Townshend |
| 16 | 9 | Pulling Mussels (From A Shell) | 6 | |
| Squeeze |
| 10 | 10 | Cocaine LIVE | 1 | |
| Eric Clapton |
| - | 11 | In America | 3 | 7 | |
| The Charlie Daniels Band |
| 20 | 12 | Mystery Achievement | 4 | |
| Pretenders |
| 14 | 13 | Love Stinks | 1 | |
| The J. Geils Band |
| 9 | 14 | Hello America | 9 | |
| Def Leppard |
| 12 | 15 | Run Like Hell | 8 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| 18 | 16 | Nine Tonight | 6 | |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
| - | 17 | Everything Works If You Let It | 7 | |
| Cheap Trick |
| - | 18 | Close To The Borderline | ▲ | |
| Billy Joel |
| 11 | 19 | Walks Like A Lady | 7 | |
| Journey |
| 13 | 20 | The Wait | 13 | |
| Pretenders |
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